Truth & Love Blog
Are We in a Post-Racial Society?
Are We in a Post-Racial Society?As I always do, I appreciated and enjoyed the interview yesterday with Steve Hiller and Michelle Strombeck of Moody Radio's Prime Time Chicago. We discussed Beyond the Suffering and the state of race relationships in America.Steve asked...
Local Caucasian Author to Speak on African American Church History
The following article appeared in several newspapers. If you are in the area, please join us Sunday night at 6:00 PM at Bethel Church in Crown Point.Local Caucasian Author to Speak on African American Church HistoryWhen Crown Point resident Bob Kellemen speaks the...
Cultivating Christlike Intercultural Relational Competency
Cultivating Christlike Intercultural Relational Competency:A Christ-Centered TEAM ApproachRevelation 7:9-10Many of you have asked to hear more about my presentation on intercultural (multicultural) ministry. Here's an outline.Presentation ObjectivesThe primary goal of...
Join the Journey!
Join the Journey!I invite you to join me on a forty-day intercultural journey of promise. I will be blogging during the forty days from Martin Luther King Day on January 19, 2009, to the end of Black History Month on February 28, 2009. Our focus will be: The Journey:...
Faith and Football
Faith and FootballOriginally From: Faith Still at Core of Warner's SuccessCardinals Quarterback Goes Out of His Way to Credit God by Paola Boivin - Jan. 9, 2009 12:00 AM"If you ever really want to do a story about who I am, God's got to be at the center of it. Every...
A Prayer for the Body of Christ
A Prayer for the Body of ChristApril Boycik is a former student of mine and a lifelong friend. Her prayerful response to my posts on intercultural ministry, with her permission, is posted below."Lord,Let me plug in and serve together with whom you would have me serve,...
Toward a Description of Intercultural Ministry/Relating
Toward a Description of Intercultural Ministry/RelatingIn the old game show, Name That Tune, contestants would say, "I can name that tune in ____ notes" (the lower the number of notes, the better). Well, I canNOT name the "tune" of intercultural (or multicultural or...
Just How Biblical Is Intercultural Ministry?
Just How Biblical Is Intercultural Ministry?I've been working on a new presentation on Cultivating Christlike Intercultural Relational Competency: A Christ-Centered TEAM Approach. Of course, if it is Christ-Centered, then it is going to be everywhere in the Bible,...
Bushisms
BushismsIn today's blog, I veer from my focus of comprehensive, compassionate, culturally-informed posts designed to equip you to change lives with Christ's changeless truth.Instead, a little levity to start the year right.These "Bushisms," or jangled speeech of...
Christ All-Sufficient
Christ All-SufficientThe following Puritan Prayer from The Valley of Vision reminds us of the glorious grace of Christ.All thy lovingkindness is in thy Son,I bring him to thee in the arms of faith,I urge his saving name as the one who died for me.I plead his blood to...